MOSSWOOD SOUND SERIES
http://sfsound.org/series
sfSoundGroup performs three iconic chamber music works from the late 20th century:
GÉRARD GRISEY - Talea (1986)
PAULINE OLIVEROS - The Inner/Outer Sound Matrix (for sfSound) (2007)
SALVATORE SCIARRINO - Lo Spazio Inverso (1985)
ANGST HASE PFEFFER NASE performs a structured improvisation on guitar and electronics exploring metallic resonances, perception and spatialization, and the multi-hued pleasures of feedback.
The "house band" for the Mosswood Sound Series,
SFSOUNDGROUP is a unique collection of performer-composers that have presented their own compositions, improvisations, new commissions, electronic music, and standard avant-garde repertoire for over two decades. With a mix of works from the European, American, and contemporary Californian avant-garde, their concerts explore the continuum between notated composition and free improvisation, often sounding more “electronic” than “acoustic.” Musicians performing on this program are:
Sam Weiser, violin
Monica Scott, cello
Hadley McCarroll, piano
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
Diane Grubbe, flute
ANGST HASE PFEFFER NASE is the project of Chris Cooper, with frequent help from others. Live performances typically use prepared guitar and electronics as a portable lab to explore electroacoustic crevices with cartoon-like precision. Freed from the constraints of real time, recordings - released since the early 90s on labels such as Menlo Park, Ultra Eczema, and Senufo Editions - follow a more home-made musique concrete aesthetic. AHPN's “Slugwater” was one of only 571 pieces to be selected for inclusion in the exhibition Audiosfera, organized by Francisco Lopez at the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid, Spain.
As a member of Bhob Rainey's improvising octet The BSC (also including Greg Kelley and Howie Stelzer), Cooper has collaborated with Pauline Oliveros, Andrea Neumann, and Axel Dorner. And let's not forget skewed rock-ish band Fat Worm of Error, fritzy-electronic trio White Limo, a nameless duo with Bill Nace, or the long-running Massachusetts-based improv trio Barn Owl (with Matt Weston).
Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale